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PROS

Fortinet FortiADC offers high-level services such as availability, redundancy, and load balancing between servers, making it valuable for efficient traffic management.
Its load-balancing feature is highly praised for scalability and ensuring session-based connections to maintain application accessibility without interruption.
The GSLB feature enhances network reliability by distributing application traffic across multiple datacenters and acting intelligently as a DNS server to reduce latency.
Security features such as a web application firewall provide automated protections, particularly against OWASP Top Ten threats, improving backend application patching flexibility.
Fortinet FortiADC's architecture integrates well with other Fortinet platforms and provides flexible licensing options, allowing easy deployment and performance enhancements.

CONS

L7 Persistent load-balancing algorithm does not function properly with in-house applications.
Technical support and documentation require improvement, with specific attention to detail.
The stability for virtual machines needs enhancement.
There is a notable mismatch between the features offered and the device's capacity.
Implementation of the WAF function should be user-friendly and straightforward.
 

Fortinet FortiADC Pros review quotes

TechWritbdcb - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Writer
Apr 2, 2018
Because ADC is the intermediary between the servers and the end-user application, it gives thorough information about the traffic, what the problem is.
HH
Operations Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 5, 2018
The main feature that we use is GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing). GSLB makes the customer's network more reliable by scaling applications across multiple datacenters. GSLB as a disaster recovery solution can direct traffic based on site availability.
Engenhard7ba - PeerSpot reviewer
Engenharia de Pré-Vendas
Apr 8, 2018
Key features include SSL Offloading, VM availability, and L7 load balancing.
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it_user1256058 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager/Division of Computers Systems, Networks, and Maintenance at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
Jan 9, 2020
TSL and SSL offloading are both very good features.
AS
Supervisor at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 13, 2020
The most valuable feature is its simplicity.
VK
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Dec 10, 2020
Content caching and content compression are good features.
reviewer1502592 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Feb 11, 2021
Simple to use and easy to integrate.
OC
Technical Director at AXIOBASE
Mar 18, 2021
The most valuable feature is the SSL offloading capacity.
MC
Full support analyst at Gruppen
Nov 7, 2021
I like the solution's load balance with DNS intelligence.
Mohammad Ab.Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Engineer at Snskies
Jul 5, 2022
The GSLB, the DR side, is the best part. Because we had our main side in one city, we created another, and we had a complete MPLS over the internet. We used the GSLB and data loss for our business applications.
 

Fortinet FortiADC Cons review quotes

TechWritbdcb - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Writer
Apr 2, 2018
The L7 Persistent load-balancing algorithm has not worked for me after having tested it many times with my customer's in-house application. I'd like to suggest that the company make sure that all load-balancing algorithms work properly with most applications, even those that are in-house apps.
HH
Operations Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 5, 2018
I think it would be helpful if Fortinet put more video examples on their cookbook site.
Engenhard7ba - PeerSpot reviewer
Engenharia de Pré-Vendas
Apr 8, 2018
The user interface could be more friendly and CLI could be more like that of Fortigate.
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it_user1256058 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager/Division of Computers Systems, Networks, and Maintenance at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
Jan 9, 2020
FortiADC is complex to configure so the interface should be improved.
AS
Supervisor at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 13, 2020
It would be good if they built in a fully functional web application firewall.
VK
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Dec 10, 2020
Technical support and documentation could both be improved.
reviewer1502592 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Feb 11, 2021
Issues with SSL and encrypted traffic.
OC
Technical Director at AXIOBASE
Mar 18, 2021
The initial setup could be simplified.
MC
Full support analyst at Gruppen
Nov 7, 2021
The configuration is relatively complex.
Mohammad Ab.Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Engineer at Snskies
Jul 5, 2022
Because it is so generic, the documentation requires special attention. A person who has not worked on Fortinet FortiADC or a similar product will struggle to understand what the document is trying to say. The documentation could be more specific, and more detailed.